Pen and pencil clip.



No, 858,020. .PATENTED JUNE 25, 1907 J. H. PILKINGTON. PEN AND PENCIL CLIP.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19, 1907.

W/T/VESSES A 770/?NE Y "UNITED s'rA'rng own-3E.

JOSEPH n; PILKiNGTON, or wA'rERBUnY, eoNN crionr.

ten AND PENCIL CLIP.

. Application filed January 19,

Specification of Letters Patent.-

IPatented. June 25, 1907.

1907; Serial No. 353,030.

To all/whom it concern.-

' Be it known that I 'JosEPH Hi PILKiNG- T0151, a citizen of the mg is a specification.

llnited States, residing at \Waterbury, county-of New Haven, State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Pen and Pencil Clip, of which the follow- This invention has for its object to provide a simple and'inexpensive detachable clip for fountain pens, encils, etc., which maybe readily attached to and detached fromdii ferent sized en barrels, pencils, etc. and" maybe rea ily attached to or detached from any article of clothing as a pocket, the

lapel of a coat, a waistband-or suspender or a fold of a shirt or shirtwaist- I With these and other objects in view I- have devised .the novel clip of which the following description in connection with the accompanying drawing is a specification, reference characters being used to indicate the,

several parts. L Figure 1' is an elevation illustrating the use I of my novel clip in attaching a'fountam pen to agarment, as for exam le to the outer side of a vest ocket; and ig."2 is 'aplan view correspon ing-therewith;

The special purpose of the present inven- .tion is to produce aclip of the character de scribed which shall be neat and attractive in appearance, will meet every possible requirement of use and the parts of which 'may be produced by ordinary, machinery and assemled'at so low a cost that when made in quantities several of them may be madefor a penny,

thus enabling them to be sold at retail at a trifacturer.

fling 'cost and at a large profit to the mann- The clip comprises a band spring; adapted to e age diflerent sizes of pen barrels and penci s and provided with an eye in which "one end of a rod is rigidly secured, the other end of the rod being preferably provided with a smooth head.

10 denotes the spring which is' simply a strip of s ring metal bent to approximately circular orm but left open, one'end being preferably rounded, as at-11 andthe'other end'turned .backwardand coiled to .form an eye12- whichtin practice is'setat a slight" angle to the axis of the spring. These springs with the eyes complete are produced at a tri' fling costper gross.

13 denotes a red one end T and rigidly secured in the eye, the other end i being shown as provided with a rounded head 14., These headed rods are formed by means of a bolt headingmachine. The blanks are cut from a coil of wire and theeheads upset thereon by what is practically a single open ation and at a trifling cost'per pound, The assembling of the headed rods and springs is performed mechanicall ,the feeding being either mechanical or by land, as preferred,

and the operation being performed at trifling i cost.

The operation in use will be readily understoodfrom the drawing, The eye s set in the process of manufacture so that when the rod is inserted therein the head will be thrown inward slightly so that its inner side will clamp one side of a pocket, a fold of garment, a waistband or the lapel of a coat against the pen or pencil by which the clip is carried. In the drawing, 15 represents a portion of a garment, as a pocket, to which s ofthe chp.

'Having thus described my invention g claim;

' A clip of the character described compris ing an open band spring having an eye at one end, and a rigid rod having one end'secured in said eye and having a knob at its free end, the inner side of theknob normally projectof which is seated 'ing-inward to ciamp a portion-of a garment between it and the side' of apen or pencil removably mounted in said open band. I

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.-

JOSEPH H. PILKINGTON. Witnesses: v K. -F.-TAY oR, 1

WM. KENNEDY. 

